Improvement in sack-holders



G. H. CORNELL.

SACK-HGLDER. A N'0.17Z,299. Patented Jan.18, 1876.

NPERS' PHDTO-LITHQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEIOE.

GEORGE H. CORNELL, QF4 STERLING, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO WILLIAM J. WILKINSON, -Oll SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SACK-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,299, dated January18, 1876; application led May 4,1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. CORNELL, of Sterling, in the county ofWhitesides and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements inSack-Holders, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to providing a means of holding or fastening openthe mouth of a grain-sack for convenience ot' shoveling or measuringinto the same, and at the same time supporting the sack so that it maybe entirely filled at one operation.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine Y embodying my invention, andpresents the.

side upon which are affixed the stapleV holder and stop h, and shows bydotted lines the position ofthe hopper when thrown back.

B is a standard, fastened to a movable platform, T, and having a hingedjoint at or near midway of its length. D is a cross-piece, fastened tothe standard B, and crossing the latter at right angles 5 and to theupper portion of the standard B and the cross-piece D the hopper A isattached by means of the braces j f f. The hopper A performs the doublefunction of holding open the sack, and also supporting the latter, andis made fla-ring, both up and down, from a point about its center. rIheupper section of the hopper serves to direct the grain into the sack,and the lower section serves as an expander* and supporter of the sack.

TheA mode of operation is as follows: mouth of the sack is drawn overthe lower section of the hopper A. The staple x is then passed down overthe edge of the sack at a point slightly to the left of the stop h, oneleg of the staple .being inside of the sack and one outside. The stapleis then revolvedthe outside toward the left-nntil the top of the sack,by the twist of the staple, is drawn tightly around the hopper A ati ornear the smallest circumference of the latter, when the upper end of thestaple is placed on or behind the stop h and the sack is secured. Caremust be observed in placing the staple in the mouth of the sack, that itbe not inserted too far, as the object is to tighten the sack at, asnear as practicable, the upper eX- tremity of the sack and the smallestdiameter 0f the hopper. After the sack is lled thel passing too farover.

The

staple is detached, and, for convenience, hung in the fixed ring on theedge of A. The hopp'er is then raised or turned back in the direction ofthe dotted lines in the drawing, the hinge in the back part of Bpermitting this, and the stop C preventing the hopper from The sack isthen re moved, the hopper brought back to the horizontal, and theoperation repeated. The sack, during the process of filling, rests inpart upon the platform.

The standard B may be made of any desired height.

The sacks in general use are of a nearly uniform length, and shouldthere be a slight variance it can be equalized by taking up a littlemore or less ofthe sack on the hopper.

I think there is not enough difference in the length of sacks now in useto require any change in theheight of the hopper; but if such change beneeded it can be readily obtained by placing a short post where thestandard now is, and, ratcheting the inner face of such post, place thestandard B, detached from the platform, inside and parallel with suchpost, the standard on its outer face being ratcheted to correspond withthe ratchets on the post, the post and standard being joined orconnected by two stirrups, pivoted upon the one and elasping the otherbelow the horizontal. Less of the top of the sack is used in fasteningthan is necessarily left empty for the purpose of tying the sack.

The hopper A, with braces f f f, may be fastened permanently againstawall or partition, dispensing entirely with the standard B.

In my method of fastening the sack there are no nails or hooks to enterthe texture of the sack, and the latter sustains not the slightestinjury.

I claim as my invention- 4 l. The hopper A, provided with the stop 11.,in combination with the staple X, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. The standard B, hopper A, provided with stop h, and staple X, incombination, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

GEORGE H. CORNELL.

Witnesses:

ROBT. C. ANDREWS, CYRUS ROBERTS.

